ST. JOHNS REVIEW you Should Patronize The Home Paper. It mean helpitiK St.Jolm an, tills menu 11 better city if von work willt THE ST. JOHNS REVIEW Advertise In The Review Its circulation is genu ine mid it covers the field. Its better tlmii n daily in the field. IT WILL REPAY YOU Devoted (o the Interest! of the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest VOL,. 2 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DKCliMHKR 15, 1905. NO. 6 THE COUNCIL MEETS, CAUSTIC LETTER, j A jctition protwrly signed was reud asking that Ivanhoe .street lie 'graded, curbed and .sidewalked from Hurlingtou to Richmond It was resolution What Is AW Desired Is .More Ugl t In St. Johns. With the exception of C. D. lid wards alt members of the city conn- ,cil were present on Monday even ling when Mayor king called to otder. SI. Johns Woman Decries Lack Of Chri tlnnltv. streets. It was decided Unit a piopcr resolution be adopted and the city engineer ordered to prepare plans and specifications for the sa'iie. 1 ' Notice was given that a teqttest was ab.mt to be made to have por- e , turns of Joun street, balctn street and Albany street vijcuUd. Noth ing f4it titer was doucjii this matter. A oinumuicatioii' ftotu V. . ht (Goodrich described 1 and located J$ benchiuirks and inotiinn .ntsnlaeed guidance PATRONIZE US AND BE HAPPY Acme Lumber Company 1 fe for the convenience i.md fe,of all futti.c surveyors: the saute was referred to the street committee. cl The citv attorney read the o:din- Tj ance he was ordcrcf to draw ie- k gardiug the closingjof b.llinid and pool halls, bowling alleys and card W rooms at midnight. The hours to 5 ft SASH glazing j DOORS WE CARRY "ODD" SASH IN STOCK Columns Spindles Brackets Lime and Cement Paints Oils Glass St. Johns "D." Redwood Gutter ST. JOHNS SASH AND DOOR CO. PHONE SCOTT 4063 JERSEY STREET EDMONDSON CO., Hardware, Tinware, Plumbing Tin Roofs, Gutters, etc. pone Scott 4065 ST. JOHNS, Or R. WILCOX, Dray and Baggage Line Phone Scott 130S. Piano Moving a Specialty. Leave orders at Blackburn Furniture store anil they will receive prompt attention. "For Rent" and "For cards for sale at this office. Sale" ijtlit, to five in ljpt Mr. Peter- remiiiu closed were kuictitioucd as from twelve, inidniitlit, to five in the morning. Uttou motion to ad son stated the hours should be changed so that they should close at eleven and not jen till five thirty: eleven o'clock was late enough for anyone keep oeu: he moved such atueiti I.eggett seconded the ment and Mr. motion. The rollcall showed I.cgkctt, Peterson amendment: hud I.inilmilst decided IKiHK and Shields for the Hriee, Thompson against it. Mayor the tie by voting against the eleven 0 clock measure. The ordinance second time by title, to hti.sKMid the rule the third reading futile. It will coi next meeting on Mot! A communication vras read the ait an attempt and pass it to was decided The $ . One of the good women of St. Johns hands us the following com- J mttnication: JJ "Noticing an item in your last ; issue headed "Made Happy"'?) prompts me to send von this clip ping. It is not only a shame but a disgrace for such a thing to occur. We who call ourselves christians and civilized yet lettinir the aired sick, those unable to work, starve at our very doorsl While those who are not 111 real need receive mote than their share! "1 believe in benevolence but let it go farthers let it teach thej needy. We liuist not allow these i aged Pilgrims to become a county I chatge in the sunset of their lile: ft ' would be a disgraee to not only St. Johns but to the Methodist church in general of which body these people have been members for more than fifty yeais!" The "clipping" is from a Port laud p.incr and is printed below: 1 "Mowed by the weight of nearly too years, almost blind and totally lti1n1iua Ijiituiil I !iir,ti tut,, it e and his wife, aged 03 yeais, await v the setting of life's miii. They!, have lceii living in a tent nearly Northern Hill station on the St. ; Johns car line. Their Thanksgiv- j lug was a cheerless one and the outlook for Christmas is not cheer-, f fill. $ "A son, Uolnirl, who Is nearly 70 years old. Is strtiirirliiin to siid- i- ort his own family and Ids agetl , jutcnts as well. Robert Hardy, the younger, Is a plasterer, and once there were few local trades men better than his St. Johns Land Go. PHONE UNION 3101 I 1 Choice Husiness 25x100, $1000.00 lots will double in lots on Jersey and upward. value street, These in one vein. ...SPECIAL BARGAIN... lots, two blocks from line, for $7000. Regit- 100 cut ie. Hut owing to advanced years he cannot com mand high wages nor Is he able to keep at work steadily. His wife was a trained nurse before her mar riage and has devoted much of her time of late to the care of lur hus band's mrcnts. Hut the vcais of be up at the I Work are telling on her, too, and lay evening. .Slc.( like her husband, is not able was received I to withstand tin strain or linrd froin the city eiigljler suggesting 1 tabor as in her younger days. the filling Of the WeTf Oil the Old "When the case was Inveslimited city hall site but it was decided to )V ,, reporter several days ago, wait till the new hall was built. Robert Hardy spurned the sugges A bill front the city engineer for tlon of living the old twonlu sent M 17.50 was laid over till tlie next to the county farm. He said that meeting. Mayor King essayed to get the sentiment of the council as regards bonds for u new city hall also bonds for municipal water works. It was suggested that if the bonds would carry which was doubtful their validity would le in (illus ion. City Attorney Greene settled that question by declaring that while the purchase of a site for 11 city hall was not termed a public utility the citv hall itself was so htr price, will sell THIS WEEK ONLY $10,500. Owner at this price for 14 Mile with lots in i6-feet St. Johns alleys Purl;, 50x1 of), $250.00 and up wards $5.00 down and $5.00 per month. he was willing to work day and night, If his health would criiiit, for his need father and mother. He also said that his wife was , Jl still willing to continue in her 1' i i t . t l . 1 TT iiinors 01 love 111 tue care 01 ine helpless old couple. "Hut the future Is not rosy." Held Improvement Meet. Fully fifty east siders met In Ar tisan hull. Portsmouth, lust S.ilnr. styled: but whether the bonds could day evening and heard talks iihh be sold he could not positively tie- loci .impress and local desires. Clare. The matter was then teill- There were several musical selec porarily dropied, Comment was tj0s li,tersiersed with the siK-eches made upon the negligence of the which added imieli to the L'eneral - ........ - " - - - - n pleasure. Mrs. Nona Convert and Mrs, I). H. Morgan sang in a charming manner and drew iion theuisslves much applause. It was a matter of regret that they refused to re- water company to properly fill the excavations .made for mains -and the great delay in doing whut work had Imx'U done. Mr. I.eggett rciorteu that he had seen the owners of the prop- city upon which the public wharf SI)omi t0 ti,e encore. over-reached and asked lor a vaca-, y, j, l'eddkord presided over tiou of that proitvrty in return for ii... m,..tiiiL' in a narticularlv ideas what was asked from the city. tlur manner -and showed his ant- This was just what '1 UK Rkviisw iicss for tj,e K)sition. had been suggesting. : ijacj, .sivaker's remarks were en- His offer was not accepted as thusiasticallv received and some briskly as was exiK-ctcd the remarkable facts ,,,,,1 figures guve St. Johns Land Co St. Johns 'Mione union 3ioi Oregon Branch Office and Agency on (lie Ground. owner saying that there would be no trouble over it at any time. This, however, is not considered u business projKJsitiuu by the council, If the city is to vacate and give to those parties there should certainly be a vacation 01 a small area in question and the favor of the city and a vacation ;auimously adopted leuany cuucicu, iiiuimuic uiui this will 1m: insisted upon. Mr, Iyiudnuist, on the light com mittee, reported that the General hlcctnc Company had stated that it could not make a definite agree ment on more arc lights until it knew just how many were wanted 1 . and wnere. 1 ne regular price ter 1 Peterson asked where tlie money amp is $5.30 per mouth. was to come from to pay the bills locations had been selected for ' The eight arcs would cost at th six lamps as follows; Pesseiideu figures given the committee more and Jersey, Ivauhoc and Chicago, than $500 p.-r year and there Iiurlingtou and Hayes, Richmond , would have to Ixj more secured or and Willamette Boulevard, Oswego the people would not be satisfied. indication of how rapidly this com munity is building and how solid Is the growth. At the termination of the shak ing F. I. McKciiua, introduced a resolution iertiueiit to the water same was mi ls your home insured against fire ? If not, see M. I Tufts at the Pe ninsula Hank for the lowest rates. WHEN BUYING YOUR GROCERIES Do not forget we carry a full line of Men's, Ladies' and Children's Underwear at right prices. Phone Union .1066. COUCH & CO. t J. J. KADDERLY l It was suggested that a contract t le made for eight lights but Mr. Peterson asked where the money 'A Hardware Of all Kinds. Sole Agent for t and Willis Houlevard, and Rich mond and Jersey, Right here was where the bother commenced and the committee found that to place a half-dozen Uimii motion of Mr. llrice, seconded by Mr. Shields, the com mittee was ordered to wait on the light company and get the actual cost of lights and full details, with arc-lights in a city of 300 blocks directions to report at the next and please everyone was a difficult ' meeting, task. ' Adjourned. Universal Stoves and Ranges Do not fail to see the Universal Steel Range before purchasing 141-143 Firtt Street. Odd Fellows Building, Portland, Oregon. Phone Main l $300000000000000000000 LFour Brick Blocks Under Wayj